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Old 04-08-2016, 05:23 PM   #18
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Default Re: [ATE] Farming example

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Originally Posted by Minuteman37 View Post
This is fantastic E, what's the minimum size such a facilitate could be and still be self sufficient? Also how much surplus could one expect from that size?.
With TL9 the food production would be incredibly efficient. 50 people could be fed from a 3m x 3m tunnel about 500m long. So each person requires a 3mx3mx10m space for continual high quality fresh food, including meat. Add to that the living, storage, workshop and power generation space.

Without major equipment failure it would be hard to justify a food shortage from a facility like SALT. All they need to do is make more growing space.

Remembering that it's a TL9 facility and a lot of the variables about production are largely guesses, I would say it's reasonable that a primarily research facility like salt could produce high quality food for 10-20 times as many people who work there. If you reduce the quality then maybe double the production.
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